Joaquín García Icazbalceta manuscript collection, [1500]-1887 (bulk 1524-1797).

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Joaquín García Icazbalceta manuscript collection, [1500]-1887 (bulk 1524-1797).

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The collection pertains to Spain's colonies in the Americas and the Philippines. Colonial governance, indigenous peoples and languages, Spanish conquerors, the Catholic Church and the Inquisition, Juan de Palafox y Mendoza's conflicts with viceroy Diego López Pacheco Escalona and the Jesuits, voyages by Spanish explorers to the South Pacific, and drainage of the Valley of Mexico are among the topics documented. The bulk of the collection is comprised of literary productions, legal and official documents, correspondence, government records, church and convent records, diaries, inventories and lists, maps and drawings, financial documents, and printed documents. Included in the collection are 42 original sixteenth-century relaciones geográficas, as well as codices, Nahuatl dictionaries and bilingual textbooks for religious instruction of Indians. Two volumes entitled "Varias relaciones," 1610-1703, contain over 200 printed or handwritten reports of events in Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

15 linear ft. (87 v.)

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García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894

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Palafox y Mendoza, Juan de, 1600-1659

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Bishop of Puebla, Mexico, and Osma, Spain. Born 1600 in Fitero, Navarra, Spain; died 1659 in Burgo de Osma, Soria, Spain. Consecrated bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, Mexico, on December 27, 1639; also served briefly as Archbishop of Mexico (1642-1643). In addition to his religious offices, Palafox y Mendoza was very involved in affairs of government and held the posts of fiscal of the Consejo de Guerra, fiscal of the Consejo de Indias, juez de residencia, visitador, and viceroy of ...